Big “moving van is packed” vibes over here as I go through the house one last time to pick up some clothes hangers, empty Ikea bags and a nail clipper. 🧵threads.net/@jonkeeganstor…

mastodon.social/@jonkeegan

This is a bonafide scandal. On the legal level, it means the Court decided a case that wasn't a real case or controversy as Art III requires. On the political level, it

Man cited in Supreme Court LGBTQ rights case says he was never involved washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

Just going to drop in here regularly and remind you all to get the hell over to Mastodon it’s lovely. mastodon.social/@jonkeegan

I spent several weeks going through software docs to understand how retailers, restaurants and hotels can utilize digital technology to monitor, rate and rank service workers and submit them to rigid algorithmic micromanagement.

Here's my 30-page report:
twitter.com/WolfieChristl/…

Excellent research by Serge Egelman (@v0max.bsky.social) (et al) auditing app data collection and CPPA data requests to see what companies were collecting what they said they were.

Excited to share my first contribution to the print edition of MIT MIT Technology Review (which you may have seen on my newsletter Beautiful Public Data): A look at the forgotten history of highway photologs

Testifying shortly in the Massachusetts legislature about location data brokers, threats to Americans' privacy, and the need to ban the sale of location data. Here is a preview of my forthcoming written testimony: globalcyberstrategies.substack.com/p/location-dat…

Within milliseconds, online advertisers take part in an auction where they bid to place a targeted ad based on your data. Joel Eastwood and I made a fun illustrated explainer based on Jon Keegan 🇺🇦's reporting.
themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…

When an online ad loads, it's holding a lightning-fast auction for advertisers to bid for your attention. With Gabe Hongsdusit and Jon Keegan 🇺🇦:
themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…

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We’re in the ‘Kroger-is-now-referencing-A.I.-on-earnings-calls’ part of the cycle.

(via Wells) $KR

I was on Australia’s ABC ABC Radio National Breakfast show this morning talking about our Xandr audience segments story form last week (sorry my audio was a lil blown out 🎤💥)

abc.net.au/radionational/…

Follow-up thread with additional details about what the segment file from Xandr/Microsoft (reported here: themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…) reveals about how hundreds of data brokers trade personal data on billions of people at a global level.

Previous thread:
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Here's the description of Skydeo's people-who-suffer-from-anxiety segment. The data comes from Epsilon, a data broker owned by French Publicis group. While other health segments are based on claim/prescription data, this one appears to be based on survey data and modelling magic.

NEW: The NHTSA has told car manufacturers to ignore an overwhelmingly popular Massachusetts law that ensures the right to repair your car. The decision to pre-empt state law puts the future of car repair in serious jeopardy:

vice.com/en/article/m7b…

If you work for an organization that deals with mental health or other sensitive areas, you shouldn’t wait for watch dogs to find out that you’re tracking users.

Audit your org’s site by following the steps in this guide:
themarkup.org/levelup/2023/0…

so many things to love abt this piece, but my personal fave is how it inadvertently discloses the walmart brand's hatred for witches. incredible

themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…

Send me your audience segment data!Signal: 646-355-8306

It's clear Congress must pass a privacy law to minimize the amount of data companies are collecting on Americans.

We must be able to trust the privacy and security of lifesaving hotline sites like these—these tracking pixels should be removed right away.
themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/202…